Guilty until proven innocent? UK Parliament TARGETS Russell Brand’s Rumble & TikTok



Condemnation before investigation is becoming all too common in the internet age, and Russell Brand has just become the latest example.

Several women have come forward to accuse the comedian of sexual abuse, and prior to any real investigation, the censorship police are already taking action.

Members of the United Kingdom Parliament have reportedly been sending a letter to social media platforms like TikTok and Rumble, saying they’re concerned that Brand could be profiting off of the platforms.

“I’m writing concerning the serious allegations regarding Russell Brand, in the context as a user with more than 2.2 million followers on the platform,” the letter reads.

“While we recognize that TikTok is not the creator of the content published by Mr. Brand, and his content may be within the Community Guidelines set out by the platform, we are concerned that he may be able to profit from his content on the platform,” the letter continues, noting that Brand has engaged in “potentially illegal behavior.”

“I have a big problem with this,” Sara Gonzales says. “You can get accused of something, and the British government is going to pressure a company, an independent company, to stop paying you.”

“What world am I living in right now?” she asks.

Host of "The Liz Wheeler Show," Liz Wheeler, agrees.

“I can tell you right off the bat that if allegations come from anonymous sources, and they aren’t coming through police, and they’re coming 15 years later through a news organization — I’m not sure that we should give them credibility,” Wheeler tells Gonzales.

“As an accused, you have to have the right to defend yourself, and you can’t defend yourself unless you know who your accuser is,” she continues.

Wheeler also notes that as a Hollywood celebrity, Brand likely did engage in degenerate behavior — but that doesn’t mean he’s guilty of rape.

“The fact that this isn’t a criminal accusation, the fact that this is a news report obviously intended to smear his character,” she continues, “that should awaken everyone to the implications of what this means for our husbands and our brothers and our sons if an accusation can cause social ostracization.”


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Russell Brand ATTACKED & DEMONETIZED For Decade-Old ALLEGATIONS | Ep 865

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KIDNAPPING HOAX: Alabama woman FAKES her abduction, gets off with misdemeanors



Carlee Russell, a 25-year-old Alabama nursing student, is facing two misdemeanors after faking her own kidnapping earlier this month.

On July 13, Russell called 911 to report a toddler wandering alone down the side of the interstate. When police arrived at the site, there was no toddler, no evidence of a toddler, and no Russell.

Russell’s car, however, was abandoned at the scene, which incited a widespread search involving local, state, and federal agencies.

Two days later, Russell showed up at her parents’ house claiming that a white man with orange hair had held her hostage.

“A white man – of course,” says Sara Gonzales, clearly annoyed.

Investigators were skeptical when they found Russell’s phone, which was left in her car.

“She had searches in her phone’s history that included the movie ‘Taken,’” which is about a young girl’s abduction, Sara reports.

Russell also searched for information about Amber Alerts.

“She was clearly searching terms that indicated that she wanted to fake her own abduction,” Sara says.

Russell’s strange abduction story was quickly disproven, and “her attorney later confirmed to police in a press conference that she did, in fact, just make everything up.”

As of now, Russell’s motives behind her kidnapping hoax are unclear.

“My personal opinion,” Sara says, “is that we are living in a society that is so narcissistic that she just wanted attention.”

Regardless of Russell’s intentions, she now must contend with charges for “false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident.”

Many people have expressed frustration with Russell’s consequences, claiming that they are far too soft, especially considering “police dedicated resources to searching for her” – resources “that were taken away presumably from other actual emergencies,” Sara adds.

“They had $63,000 donated to Crime Stoppers to try to help find her,” Sara explains, adding, “I actually wish it was a felony.”

“She needs to be made an example of,” John Doyle agrees.


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Failed 'progressive pillow' guy David Hogg embarrasses himself in accidental pro-capitalism moment



Remember when Harvard's progressive prodigy David Hogg tried to launch a pillow company with entrepreneur William LeGate to show that terrible Trump-supporting pillow guy, Mike Lindell, how to "make a better pillow, run a better business and help make the world a better place while doing it"?

.@williamlegate and I are going to prove that progressives can make a better pillow, run a better business and help make the world a better place while doing it.
— David Hogg \ud83c\udf3b (@David Hogg \ud83c\udf3b) 1612444983

Then the fight got "very real" (at least according to Hogg.)

Mike the \u201cmy pillow guy\u201d is commenting on his soon too be progressive competition in the form of a progressive pillow company @williamlegate and I are starting. \n\nThis pillow fight just got very real @williamlegatehttps://www.axios.com/david-hogg-pillow-mike-lindell-mypillow-legate-6d23b1a7-50b1-4f31-9391-53e69e36ca58.html\u00a0\u2026
— David Hogg \ud83c\udf3b (@David Hogg \ud83c\udf3b) 1612467021

Just a few months later, however, Hogg threw in the towel on his pillow-making match with Lindell.

7: Effective immediately, I have resigned and released all shares, any ownership and any control of Good Pillow LLC. I want to thank Will for his partnership and wish him absolutely nothing but success with the future of Good Pillow.
— David Hogg \ud83c\udf3b (@David Hogg \ud83c\udf3b) 1618092006

Well, it looks like Hogg has decided to give entrepreneurship another try, only to run into the kind of "stupidly complicated and expensive processes" widely supported by pro-big-government, anti-capitalism progressives.

Luckily I made enough money from previous clients I worked for a 1099 to fund this but I can already see why there are so many people who can go beyond the LLC phase.
— David Hogg \ud83c\udf3b (@David Hogg \ud83c\udf3b) 1650810149
We\u2019re losing market competition and innovation because of this system to keep things complicated to A stop completion and B keep lawyers and cpas employed. All of the above hurt consumers and keep prices high. All of which hurts social mobility, innovation, and the economy.
— David Hogg \ud83c\udf3b (@David Hogg \ud83c\udf3b) 1650810528


There are many many examples of countries where the government works to support business and make regulation and taxes as simple as possible because they understand not doing so costs you economically and also is very annoying for business and individual citizens.
— David Hogg \ud83c\udf3b (@David Hogg \ud83c\udf3b) 1650811116

Well, more than a few folks on Twitter noticed a certain irony in watching the young big-government advocate waking up to reality.

You\u2019re about to get dragged hard, sport.
— Jason Jones (@Jason Jones) 1650815093
Thank the party you patronize for that.
— MichaelRectenwald.com (@MichaelRectenwald.com) 1650851284


Jessica vs HoggBreathpic.twitter.com/vH5VYwRgfq
— Byrdman!!!! (@Byrdman!!!!) 1650856076
Government\u2014 stupidly complicated and expensive\n\u2014\n\nIndeed.\n\u2014\n\nBeing plundered by government plunderers is the price one pays for allowing government to become powerful.\n\u2014https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1518233921321947136?s=21&t=b2qNI2hmN99f5vMgoADP4A\u00a0\u2026
— SeanMaloney0 (@SeanMaloney0) 1650815882


Is this the idiot that was going to take out the MyPillow guy?
— Tim Reeder (@Tim Reeder) 1650847543
I\u2019m working on getting a gun& the whole process is stupidly complicated&expensive.The government should be making it easy for people to buy & carry a gun like the 2nd Amendment says-not hard. Also there shouldn\u2019t be this many regulations and paper work to carry across state lines
— Karl Dickey (@Karl Dickey) 1650828854


pic.twitter.com/ImYvBmqycp
— Jeff Dobbs (@Jeff Dobbs) 1650818865


And which party has made it harder?pic.twitter.com/zI8IWpPoqA
— Russell Michaels, The Tall Man, Momotaros, Jinzo (@Russell Michaels, The Tall Man, Momotaros, Jinzo) 1650816386


Wait until he gets audited. Wait until he pays a huge property tax bill. Wait until he is self-employed and has to pay a gigantic quarterly tax payment. Welcome to reality, pal.
— Justalurker (@Justalurker) 1650857819


Its always beautiful to witness the birth of a Republican.
— Faber (@Faber) 1650839669


Wow , someone\u2019s learning the hard way. You know that President Trump try to make it easier for small businesses to exist by cutting the red tape involved in doing so?
— Dave Peaslee (@Dave Peaslee) 1650817414


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— Potato Of Reason (@Potato Of Reason) 1650865392